About Us History Newsletters 2007 SCC Newsletter - May 2007
| Sweetwater Camera Club Newsletter -- April 2007 |
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Publisher's CornerWhat a wonderful trip to Berry College was had by the SCC members who were in attendance on Saturday, April 28. The weather couldn't have been nicer. The campus sites were absolutely beautiful. It was so peaceful and calming to be out making photographs in such a lovely setting. It was especially fantastic to have some time together getting to know one another a little more. Once-a-month meetings don't allow for much time to really get to know each other. As members of a club who share a common interest and the passion of photography, I feel the times we spend getting to know each other are equally as important as the time spent in our meetings. A club can be provide so much more than attendance at its meetings to its members. Come on, think about it. Who can possibly understand our obsession more than a fellow Sweetwater Camera Club member? Our spouses, friends, and family are certainly great supporters of our "disease," but we all have our stories about the moments when people have "tuned out" because we've talked just a little bit too much about photography or shown just one too many images. A fellow "junkie" understands and can hang in through it all with us! For me -- my favorite spot of the places we saw had to be the House of Dreams. This was built by students and staff in 1926 for Martha Berry, and it couldn't have been a more beautiful place for her to retreat and entertain. I could see myself retreating up there for extended periods of time without a problem! Below is a shot taken by Jim Gardner of the House of Dreams.
My second favorite spot had to be the Water Wheel, which was built by students in 1930 and stands 42 feet high.
I can tell you one thing. I'm ready for us to start thinking about our next field trip! Anybody have any suggestions? March Meeting Visitorsand New MembersI wasn't able to attend the March meeting, but my sources tell me that we had the following visitors: Steve Pritchard and Linda Britt, Kathy Petite, and Skip Welch. Ken Hunter is a new member as of our March meeting. Welcome, Ken! I'm sorry I missed the meeting, and I'm sorry I wasn't able to meet our visitors. I hope our visitors plan to visit again soon and that I get the opportunity to meet them. May Meeting InformationOur May meeting will be held on Thursday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Julian's Episcopal Church in Douglasville, Georgia. Joining us to do a presentation on digital scrapbooking will be Teri and Keri Gibson. This should prove to be an interesting and different presentation. Our contest topic for the May meeting is "Cultural Icon." Bring your images of an important and enduring symbol for judging in the contest. Member Profiles ... I Promise! I Promise!I am such a creature of habit. Sometimes that's a good trait -- sometimes not. It hasn't turned out to be a good trait as far as the return of member profiles in the newsletters has been concerned. I keep saying the member profiles are returning. Then, when I work on the newsletter, I use a previous newsletter to remind me of what sections I need to add and the order in which I include the sections. As we haven't had member profiles in quite a while, none of the newsletters I've been using to "construct" the current newsletter has a profile section in it, and it ends up not being included in the current newsletter. A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but I seem to be doing it on a regular basis these days! I am putting a reminder on my calendar so perhaps I can FINALLY remember to include a profile in the May newsletter. Bear with me. Upcoming 2007 Contest TopicsJust wanted to remind everybody that the contest topics and descriptions can be viewed by clicking on the "Club Information" link on the home page of our club website or simply click on the "Contests" link in the header of this page. Birthday CelebrationsListed below are our birthday boys and girls who will celebrate birthdays in May. Happy birthday to everybody. If I have missed somebody's special day, please drop me a note and let me know so I can be sure to include them next time.
Tips and Tricks"Simulating An Orton Slide Sandwich"Article Reprinted with Express Permission by the Author, Patman 10. Original article posted at www.photographycorner.com There are many ways to simulate an Orton slide sandwich (a technique created by the Vancouver Island photographer, Michael Orton). You can do it using a technique for slides by overexposing two separate images and then, in the computer, stacking the images together in software and blending them. Personally, I prefer to take my existing digitized photos (either from film scans or digital camera files) and running them through the process below to see if they work as “Orton Images.” Here is the step-by-step recipe for making Orton images in Photoshop: 1. Open any image you wish to try the technique on. Make a duplicate of the image (“Image” > “Duplicate”). Close the original image. 2. Lighten the image as follows: “Image” > “Apply Image” Then, in the dialog box that comes up, change the bending mode to “Screen” and the Opacity to 100%. This will give you an appropriately overexposed image. 3. Duplicate this overexposed image (“Image” > “Duplicate”). 4. Blur this second image (“Filter” > “Blur” > “Gaussian Blur”) and in the dialog box use a Radius setting of 15 to 50 pixels – the higher the pixel setting the blurrier the photo and the more ‘painterly’ the image (but you can go too far!). Experiment with different settings, for my tastes and for the size of my digital files, a radius of about 25 pixels works perfect. 5. Now select the move tool from the Photoshop tool bar (or just press “v” on your keyboard for quicker access to the move tool). Hold down the “shift” key and use your mouse to drag and drop the blurry image onto the sharp one (don’t let go of the shift key until after you release the mouse button or the images won’t be in perfect alignment) 6. Bring up the layers palette in Photoshop (“F7” is the keyboard shortcut). Under the word “Layers” in the layers palette will be a menu box of blending modes. Change the blending mode from “normal” to “multiply”. 7. Now ‘flatten’ the two layers by pressing “CTRL+E” or by clicking on the sideways triangle in the layers palette to select “flatten image”.
There, you now have an Orton image - if you like your new masterpiece, save the file! Website of the MonthThis month's website of the month is http://markhancock.blogspot.com. Professional photojournalist Mark M. Hancock discusses photojournalism and the eccentricities associated with gathering images for major U.S. daily newspapers. To me, this is fascinating stuff, and his images are fantastic. I hope you enjoy this site as much as I think you will. Our Winners
Below are the winning entries from that contest. Great job, everybody! Black and White First place, Nicolette Dunn, "CSX Railroad." Second place, Kent Owings, "Horses Running." Third place, Nicolette Dunn, "Biker Boy." Color First place, Diane Yancey, "Waiting for the Ship." Second place, David Thompson, "Cold Slide." Third place, Kent Owings, "St. Kitts Tractor." Honorable Mention, Nicolette Dunn, "Who Cares?" Honorable Mention, Stella Spyrou, "Park and Ride." Two additional aviation photos appearing on the Chapel Hill News & Views Publicity page were donated by Brion Wallace. Photography Quote of the Month
That's it for this newsletter. Happy Shooting! Judy Bruner, Secretary, Sweetwater Camera Club
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